The Crimson Tide hit the practice fields Tuesday in full pads ready for a week of intense preparation to get ready for what some believe could be a pivotal game on the road against the Arkansas Razorbacks.

"We'll get started this week with our preparation for Arkansas," said head coach Mike Shula.. "We've got a lot of young football players on our team. We're going to have to really lean on the older guys to talk to them about the atmosphere that we're getting ready to go into. We're going to have to deal with the crowd noise."